Athanasian Creed (Harley) n. 140

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140. There is an idea among men if it is said that the second Person descended and assumed the human, but not when it is said the first Person; and yet they are altogether equal. Therefore let examination be made as to whether there must not be held a finite idea concerning the second Person and not a truly infinite idea as of the Father, and also whether there must he held concerning the Father an idea of infinity as of entirety, and that the idea of his descending is an impossible one while the other is possible. From this may be concluded the kind of idea held concerning the Lord as God and that it is because of this that He is not approached.


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